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"The active project cannot be changed while Inventor files are open"

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Message 1 of 10
Anonymous
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"The active project cannot be changed while Inventor files are open"

I close all files, try to change projects and I get this message, "The
active project cannot be changed while Inventor files are open".

I have to close Inventor and restart to change Projects.

Russ
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Message 2 of 10
shaney
in reply to: Anonymous

Do you have an embedded spreadsheet open in Excel when this happens? I had to close an embedded spreadsheet before to avoid that message.
Message 3 of 10
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

No excel spreadsheet open here. Not sure what is up, I had this problem last
week. Never happened before.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Russ


wrote in message news:5451972@discussion.autodesk.com...
Do you have an embedded spreadsheet open in Excel when this happens? I had
to close an embedded spreadsheet before to avoid that message.
Message 4 of 10
martiste
in reply to: Anonymous

I also start another session of Inventor and I assign to it a different project.
Message 5 of 10
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Bad practice... Projects a tracked by Windows, and Windows can only track
one project at a time. If you are working on assemblies, you can screw up
links.....

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Inventor AIP11 sp2
Dennis Jeffrey, AICE, MICE
Center for Design Excellence
260-312-6188
wrote in message news:5452016@discussion.autodesk.com...
I also start another session of Inventor and I assign to it a different
project.
Message 6 of 10
shastu
in reply to: Anonymous

I have had this happen a number of times with 2008. If anyone could figure out why it is not recognizing that all files are closed, I would be interested.
Message 7 of 10
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

I've had exactly the same error with 2008 even theough no files are open.
Mike


wrote in message news:5674891@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have had this happen a number of times with 2008. If anyone could figure
out why it is not recognizing that all files are closed, I would be
interested.
Message 8 of 10
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

In Inventor 2008, is the Close All command available under the Files
pulldown? If that does not work, you may still have a .lck file present.

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Dennis Jeffrey, Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert.
260-399-6615
Instructor/Author/Sr. App Engr.
AIP 11SP3, AIP 2008 SP1
HP zv5000 AMD64 ( modified)
Geforce Go 440, Driver: .8185, 2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2, Windows Classic Theme

wrote in message news:5674891@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have had this happen a number of times with 2008. If anyone could figure
out why it is not recognizing that all files are closed, I would be
interested.
Message 9 of 10
dwing
in reply to: Anonymous

Many thanks Dennis!

 

I had one file that would not 'let go' of Inventor 2013 and the 'Close All' command did the trick.  I was getting tired of closing and re-starting Inventor.

 

Thanks again!

Message 10 of 10
cbenner
in reply to: dwing


@dwing wrote:

Many thanks Dennis!

 

I had one file that would not 'let go' of Inventor 2013 and the 'Close All' command did the trick.  I was getting tired of closing and re-starting Inventor.

 

Thanks again!


Welcome to the group dwing.

 

Dennis was one of the all time greats in this group, if you find any of his posts from years past, I guarentee you'll learn from him as we all did.  Sadly Dennis left us a few years ago.  The rest of us do what we can to help out so feel free to ask whatever questions you have.

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